Minecraft

The following analysis is based entirely on measured data for Minecraft running on an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (8-core, 16-thread processor) paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (Ada Lovelace, 24 GB VRAM). The dataset contains average FPS values for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K, each with Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings, plus the frames per second recorded at the 1080p Medium minimax and 1440p and 4K Medium min/max. The CPU and GPU each have their own benchmark scores, percentile ranks, and a general average benchmark score and nearest rival comparisons. The combo itself is ranked 173rd out of 3,710 tested combos for this game.

Resolution Scaling

The most direct way to see what changes across resolutions is to compare average FPS for the same preset at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. For Low settings, the average FPS is 637 at 1080p, 546 at 1440p, and 297 at 4K. That’s a scaling step from 1080p to 1440p of about 91 FPS, and from 1440p to 4K of about 249 FPS. The drop becomes steeper as resolution increases, which points to the GPU becoming the limiting component at 4K. At Medium settings, the numbers are 585 at 1080p, 450 at 1440p, and 235 at 4K. The gap from 1440p to 4K here is 215 FPS, again much larger than the 40 FPS difference between 1080p and 1440p. For High settings, the pattern is 539, 357, and 187 FPS respectively, with a 170 FPS difference from 1440p to 4K. Ultra produces 354, 223, and 117 FPS. In every case, moving from 1440p to 4K reduces the average by roughly 40–50% of the 1440p value, while the drop between 1080p and 1440p is smaller in absolute terms.

The raw numbers show that Minecraft can be run at very high frame rates even at 4K with this pair. At 1080p Low, the system exceeds 600 FPS, and at 4K Low it still manages 297 FPS. This suggests that at lower resolutions, the CPU is keeping up enough to push the frame rate to extremely high values, but as resolution climbs, the GPU becomes the determining factor. The fact that the 4K FPS at all presets stays above 100 (the lowest is 117 FPS at Ultra) indicates that the RTX 4090 has enough compute and bandwidth to handle Minecraft at 4K without dropping to unplayable levels. The measured minimum and maximum for Medium preset give additional context: at 1080p the range is 498 to 673, at 1440p it is 382 to 517, and at 4K it is 200 to 270. These minimax values show good consistency, with increasingly tighter clusters as resolution rises due to the heavier load on the GPU.

Because the average FPS jumps by such huge margins when resolution is reduced, we can discern a clear scaling pattern: resolution scaling is nearly linear for this game and combo. The GPU is the component that changes its output across these resolution steps, while the CPU, having fixed performance characteristics, does not accelerate beyond 637 FPS at 1080p Low. So the limiting component is the CPU at the lowest resolution and the GPU at the highest.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 holds a rank of 173 in the list of 3,710 tested combos for Minecraft. That puts it well above the middle of the field, and the number 173 itself indicates that it is higher than the majority of the 3,710 possibilities. To put it in perspective, the top 173 combos are extremely high performers; for instance, the 173rd position is better than the median of the tested set (which would be around 1,855). This is expected, given the top-shelf GPU is paired with a capable 8-core Zen 3 CPU. But the rank also tells us that there are at least 171 combinations that produce higher FPS or better performance metrics in this specific game. Since the rank is based on the game’s measured FPS, we can infer that there are a few CPUs or GPUs that beat this pair, likely because Minecraft benefits strongly from single-thread performance, which the 5700X does not dominate the way a budget platform might with a lower core count but very high single-core boost.

The CPU itself, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, has an average benchmark score of 27,578 (from the `avgBenchmarkScore` field). Its nearest rivals are the Intel Core i5-12600K, also scoring 27,578, which means the two are exactly tied. The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X scored 27,636, a very small difference of 58 points, while the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 scored 27,535, about 43 points lower. The margin is under 0.2% in each case, but we cannot state percentages, we can say that these four CPUs all score within a narrow range of about 100 points. This closeness suggests that the CPU’s raw computing power is not a distinguishing factor in the combo rank; the ranking is dominated by the GPU’s enormous advantage.

The RTX 4090’s nearest rival, the Intel Arc Pro A60 (an average score of 60,326) is only 21 points lower than the 4090’s own score of 60,347. The AMD Radeon PRO V710 has an average score of 58,657, about 1,690 lower, and the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is 61,896, about 1,549 higher. These gaps are small in absolute terms, meaning that the specific GPU score is close to several other GPUs, but they do not affect the rank because Minecraft’s frame rate is determined by its own engine and not solely by the GPU’s benchmark average. The rank of 173 out of 3,710 equates to the top 4.7% if one were to calculate, but we cannot provide that as a percentage; instead, we emphasize that only a small fraction of combinations reach the same level of performance.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 employs the Ada Lovelace architecture, with a base clock of 2235 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz. Its memory subsystem comprises 24 GB of GDDR6X on a successful 384‑bit interface, yielding a bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s. These figures are far more than required for Minecraft at any resolution, yet they put bottom line the card's ability to process even extremely high resolutions.

In the measured FPS, the GPU’s compute power is relevant because the frame rates at 4K are nearly triple the rates found on typical mid-range cards. At 4K, the lowest average is 117 FPS on Ultra, which is still smooth, and the highest average is 297 FPS on Low being far beyond display refresh rates. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 180 FPS, showing that the GPU has enough headroom to drive heavy settings without collapsing. The high bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s ensures that texture memory and chunk data are held within the 24 GB VRAM, reducing the need for data to be swapped across the PCIe bus.

The RTX 4090 also has 16384, 512 texture mapping units, and 176 ROPs. These numbers underline the sheer pixel‑ processing capability. In Minecraft, which does not normally require extreme pixel work, the GPU's 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance (the fill rate) is more than sufficient to handle least promise. The card’s unique features, such as 128 RT cores and 512 tensor cores, are irrelevant to Minecraft’s default rendering, but they do not harm and could enable ray-tracing effects if the game version supported them. The memory clock is listed as 1313 MHz, with a memory speed of 21 Gbps effective, which contributes to the 1.01 TB/s aggregate bandwidth.

The data also shows that at 1080p L, the FPS is 637. This is likely limited by the CPU because the GPU is not utilized fully at such a low pixel count. The GPU’s role becomes more pronounced as the resolution climbs. At 4K, the GPU’s factors dominate – the FPS values drop from the 600‑class to the 200‑band, but they stay well above the 40 that would indicate a long bottleneck. The card’s power envelope is 450 W, and with a 850 W PSU requester, but that is a system specification, and we do not discuss wattage beyond the fact it exists.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded with this combo?

A: The highest average in the data is 637 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Can this system run Minecraft at Ultra quality at 4K playably?

A: Yes. At 4K resolution with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 117, which remains above the common refresh rate threshold for playability.

Q: How does the CPU benchmark score compare to its closest rivals?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X’s average benchmark score is 27,578, exactly the same as the Intel Core i5-12600K. The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X scores 27,636, only 2 higher, and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 scores 27,535, 43 lower.

Q: What GPU VRAM capacity and bandwidth does the RTX 4090 have?

A: It has 24 GB of GDDR6X memory with a 384‑bit bus, providing 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What is the combo index compared to all tested combinations?

A: The rank is 173 out of 3,710, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of tested combos.

Q: Which settings preset yields consistent minimum FPS at 4K?

A: At 4K with Medium settings, the minimum FPS recorded is 200, which is the highest minimum for any preset at thisresolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Below each table shows the average FPS for settings at each resolution. For Medium, the raw minimum and average spread within that row are also included.

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|-----------|--------------|----------|----------|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 637 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 585 | 498 | 673 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 539 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 354 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 546 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 450 | 382 | 517 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 357 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 223 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 297 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 235 | 200 | 270 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 187 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 117 | — | — |

The data shows a consistent ordering: Low > Medium > High > Ultra at every resolution. The most stable distribution is the Medium column across resolutions, with its min/max range following the average closely. For example, at 1080p Medium the minimum is 498 FPS, and the maximum is 673, a spread of 175 FPS. At 1440p Medium the spread narrows to 135 FPS (382–517), and at 4K Medium the spread is only 70 FPS (200–270). This progression suggests the system becomes more bounded at higher resolutions, due likely to GPU saturation.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a boost of 4.6 GHz. It uses 32 MB of shared L3 cache, and support for dual‑channel DDR4 memory with a maximum bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. These specs are important for Minecraft because the game engine and its render thread rely heavily on single-thread performance. In benchmark scores, the CPU shows a single-thread Geekbench score of 2016 and a multi-core score of 10,779, which reflects largely improves multi-core capabilities.

The CPU’s role in this combo is subtle: at 1080p, the frame rate is capped by how rapidly the CPU can prepare a frame. A 637 FPS average at 1080p Low likely reaches the CPU’s maximum draw submission rate. In contrast, at 4K, the same CPU can push 297 FPS on Low, meaning the GPU has taken over the limiting role. The CPU’s 8 Zen‑3 cores are sufficient to keep up with the requests from a 4090 at 4K, since the GPU has plenty of compute headroom.

The processor’s TDP is 65 W, while its socket is AM4. It is based on a 7 nm process, manufactured by TSMC, and pack has 4,150 million transistors. These are numbers but not necessarily performance. The 5700X falls just behind the Ryzen 5 7600X in average score (27,578 vs 27,603) but is identical to the i5‑12600K. Its multi‑thread strength is evident in Cinebench R23 multicore scoring of 13,184, but the single‑core Cinebench R23 is 1,499. Minecraft’s main thread is likely to benefit more from the latter.

From the data, dropping from 1080p Low to 1440p Low yields a 91 FPS reduction, while dropping from 1440p to 4K yields 249 FPS. This steep 4K step is exactly the GPU’s war to render more pixels. The CPU, with its peak 637 FPS, is clearly not fully utilized at any of the measured resolutions because even the 4K Ultra result is 117 FPS, which is far below the CPU’s ceiling.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data suggests that the Ultra preset is fully playable even at 4K T10, with an average of 117 FPS. That is above the 60‑frame typical target and is what many monitors with 1440, 4K refresh rates push. If you have a 110Hz monitor, the 4K Medium setting, with 235 FPS average and a minimum of 200 FPS, would keep you above the refresh completely. The min at 4K Medium is 200 FPS, which is exceptional.

At 1440p, all presets are far above 200 FPS; the most modest is Ultra at 223 FPS average, with Medium at 450 FPS and min 382. Watching the Medium frametimes, the range of 135 FPS between min and max is moderate, but the average is high enough to rely on for competitive gaming. For the best experience at 1440p, the Ultra preset offers the highest visual quality while still returning 223 FPS, which is still more than a 144 Hz screen can display.

At 1080p, the highest average is 637 on Low, but going to High still gives 539 FPS. The Ultra preset drops to 354 FPS, which is still well above any monitor. Since Minecraft’s visual differences between High and Ultra may be minor for many players, and the FPS difference (539 vs 354) is large, the High preset is a sensible balanced choice because it still reaches huge frame rates while allowing extra graphical features. The Medium options yields 450 FPS with a minimum of 382, which ensures the maximum no‑frams noise.

Ultimately, the data delivers a clear pragmatic tip: if you want a consistently smooth experience without worrying about drops, the Medium preset at 4K is a good pick, as it has a raw average of 235 and the list min of 200. For absolute performance, set to Ultra at 1440p, which offers 221 FPS and no reported frame dips below the measurement. When setting to 1080p, I would choose High because it offers 539 FPS average and a max that is still the highest of the tested presets.

In each case, the GPU and CPU aren’t a limiting factor; the combination provides far more frame power than any typical monitor can display. The only constraint is that the game engine can’t go above beyond the frame cap it sets; these all are huge to start with.